Tranøy

Infobox_Kommune
name=Tranøy
idnumber=1927
county=Troms
landscape=
capital=Vangsvik
governor=Odd Arne Andreassen (Ap)
governor_as_of=2003
arearank=201
area=524
arealand=499
areapercent=0.16
population_as_of=2004
populationrank=358
population=1,662
populationpercent=0.04
populationdensity=3
populationincrease=-11.7
language=Neutral
lat_deg=69| lat_min=11| lat_sec=29| lon_deg=17| lon_min=21| lon_sec=44
utm_zone=33W| utm_northing=7677518 |utm_easting=0593641| geo_cat=adm2nd

munwebpage=www.tranoy.kommune.no

Tranøy is a municipality in the county of Troms, Norway.

Tranøy was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). Two other municipalities were later separated from it: Dyrøy (1886) and Sørreisa (1886).

The municipality is situated on the southern coast of the island Senja. The municipal centre is at Vangsvik in the east. Stonglandseidet in the west is another centre. The now abandoned island of Tranøya, with its 18th century wooden church, used to be the centre of activities. From Tranøybotn it is only a short walk to the Ånderdalen National Park, with varied landscapes within a very limited area, including deep pine forests.

The name

The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the small island Tranøya (Norse "Tranøy"), since the first church was built there. The first element is "trana" f 'common crane', the last element is "øy" f 'island'.

Until 1909 the name was written "Tranø".

Coat-of-arms

The coat-of-arms is from modern times (1987). It shows a halibut.